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About six months ago, I finally decided to remove all of the nasty, ’70s shag carpeting from the stairs going to our relatively unused upstairs. So it wasn’t the most pressing project, but picturing the nastiness that was living in those polyester strands was starting to keep me up at night.

For example, I am certain that there was lots of dog hair in it from dogs I have never met. Ew.

Either way, it was me or the carpet, so I collected my husband’s tools, changed into work clothes and set to work. Only to discover that the project was going to be much harder than I anticipated.